Card holder



- L.-L. CHRISTENSEN.

CARD HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1 0, 1922- 1,429,406. I PatentedSept.19,1922.

'ATTQRNEY Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

LOUIS LfoHRIs'rENsnN, or SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARD HOLDER.

Application filed March 10. 1922. Serial No. 542,814.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LoUIs L. CHRISTENSEN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in card holders and one of its leading objects is to provide a card holder for use in display windows, cases and the like for holding a price or other card in position for easy reading, and which is so designed as to positively grip the card and maintain it in an upright position,

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind which can be manufactured economically and which will be simple to operate.

With the above and other objects in view this invention relates to certain new and useful constructions, combinations and ar rangements of parts, clearly described in the following specification and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation.

Figure 2 is an end elevation.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of a modified form of the invention. j,

Referring to the accompanying drawings 5 designates a block or the like adapted to support the card holder which consists of a stationary member 6 and a movable member 7 The stationary member 6 is provided with a base flange 8 and a fixed jaw 9 shown to be disposed at substantially right angles thereof though said jaw may be slightly inclined relative to said base as shown in Figure 4. On the base 8 lugs 10 are formed the same being stamped from said base and bent upwardly, said lugs being spaced from each other and spaced from the fixed jaw 9.

The movable member? is provided with lugs or cars 11 which are pivotally connected with the lugs or ears 10 by means of the pintle 12. The lugs 11 are located inwardly of the movable jaw 13 formed on said member 7 and which jaw is adapted to have contacting engagement with the conwhich provides a seat for the finger of the user. The base 8 may be securedin place by means of screws or the like 8 The jaw 18 is held in clamping engagement with the work or the fixed jaw 9 by means of a spring 15 which is coiled around the pintle 12 and which engages by its terminal 15 the base 8 and by its terminal 15 engages the underside of the handle 14, so as to maintain the jaw 13 under constant tension in clamping position.

In Figure 4 the base 8 is shown to be provided with a spring loop 16 having a defiected terminal portion 16 whereby the base may be clamped to a table or the like without the use of screws. The base is formed with a slightly inclined aw 9 so that the movable jaw 13 when forced into contact with the same will exert increasing pressure against the jaw.

When a cardboard or the like 0 is disposed between the jaws of the device so as to rest upon the base 8 and the movable jaw released, the working edge thereof will bite into the material of said cardboard and force the cardboard against the fixed jaw 9 or 9 as the case may be so as to'positively hold the cardboard in position.

Having described my invention I claim: 1. A card holder consisting of a Stationary member having a base and a jaw disposed angularly thereof, said base heinoprovided with laterally disposed lugs spaced from each other, a movable member having a corresponding lug engaging the lugs of the base, a aw extending from said lugs to engage the jaw of the stationary member, said movable member being provided with a handle extending from the opposite side of said lugs, a pintle connecting the lugs to each otherto permit of the pivotal movement of said movable memberon said stationary member, and a spring connecting both members to hold the jaws in clamping relation.

2. A card holder consisting of a stationary member having a base provided with a U-shaped spring clamp and a rigid jaw disposed at an incline thereto, said base said movable member being provided with being provided with upstanding lugs spaced a handle extending from said lugs, and a from each other, a movable member havspring engaging said handle and said base 10 ing corresponding lugs pivotally connected to hold said jaws in clamping relation.

5 with the first lugs and provided with a jaw Signed by me at Springfield, Mass. projecting toward the jaw of the first memher and having end engagement therewith, LOUIS L, CHRISTENSEN. 

